#watch THE Zimbabwe National Roads Administration, under its 2019 board says it has managed to address 66 of the 71 governance issues raised in the Grant Thornton forensic audit ordered by the Government following abuse of public funds by the parastatal, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard.
Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee on Monday, Zinara chairman Dr George Manyaya said Zinara was working on the final five issues, but these also involved other stakeholders.
“I would like to notify the committee that of the 71 issues that were cited in the Grant Thornton forensic report, with Government support and the committee’s support, we have managed to resolve 66 of them with five of them being work in progress as they don’t involve us alone but other stakeholders,” he said.
The Dr Manyaya-led board and management was appointed in 2019 to turn around the performance of the parastatal.
#watch President Emmerson Mnangagwa is on a witchhunt to flush out senior Zanu PF officials and ministers who are not backing his plan to extend his leadership to 2030 beyond his constitutional limit, Zanu PF officials say.
Mnangagwa's constitutional second term ends in 2028, but he wants to cling onto power until 2030 through the back door.
Zanu PF and ministers are now being publicly tested and asked to pledge loyalty by chanting party slogans which should include "ED 2030" if they want to pass the assessment.
#watch The Zimbabwean government is using all sorts of means in a desperate bid to defend its new currency, ZiG, widely received with suspicion and lack of confidence by the citizens and markets.
#watch Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi says citizen journalists must be ethical when covering or filming accidents/ disasters.
Nyathi, who was promoted to the rank of Commissioner, was speaking on the sidelines of the conferment ceremony of senior police officers who were promoted today at Mkushi Academy ( formerly known as Morris Depot).
"We cannot move to 2028 without addressing the disputed elections of 2023"-Chamisa
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Nelson Chamisa says the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders have a duty to ensure that President Emmerson Mnangagwa does not continue as if it is business as usual when they have openly condemned last year’s disputed general elections that brought him back to power.
Chamisa says Sadc cannot condone and endorse what they have already condemned.
This puts Sadc leaders under scrutiny as they prepare to meet in Harare for their annual summit in August.
#watch Kuvimba Mining House acting chief executive Trevor Barnard speaks on reasons behind Bindura Nickel Corporation's recent Reconstruction Order.
Government recently issued a reconstruction order on Bindura Nickel Corporation’s Trojan mine as the country’s biggest nickel producer reels from the combined devastating impact of antiquated equipment, internal inefficiencies, and a decline in global mineral prices.
High Court Justice Esther Muremba yesterday deferred the bail ruling to Monday next week, ensuring Neville will spend his third weekend in jail.
In this video, Neville's lawyers Mabel Tarugarira and Josephine Sande-Tarugarira explain why Muremba postponed the matter.
#watch American music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has apologised for assaulting his ex-girlfriend Cassandra "Cassie" Ventura after CNN obtained CCTV footage showing him running after, pushing down, kicking and dragging her in a hotel hallway in California in 2016.
Speaking in a video posted to his Instagram page, the famous rapper, one of the global music colossus, said he is "sorry".
This came after repeated denials of any wrongdoing.
Diddy, embroiled in scandals, said he took full responsibility for his "inexcusable" actions.
#watch While Zimbabweans are reeling from the country’s protracted economic problems, including annualised April inflation scaling 57.5% officially and 2 485% by independent economists, Zanu PF senator and party spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his "Economic Dream Team" are performing wonders.
He says the economy is now doing very well despite mass unemployment, poverty and suffering among the ordinary people who have been reduced to the wretched of the earth by Zanu PF's leadership, policy and governance failures, as well as corruption.
Zimbabweans are scattered all over world, mostly fleeing deep economic problems at home.
#watch Josephine Sande, the lawyer representing Neville Mutsvangwa, son to Zanu PF Spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa and Minister of Women Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa and two others says bail is a constitutional right.
She adds that possession of visa cards does not constitute a crime and the state has yet to present substantial evidence to prosecute her clients.
She was speaking outside Harare High Court, where Mutsvangwa was approached for bail after being denied at the lower courts.
Mutsvangwa was arrested on 9 May 2023.
He was denied bail because the state said he was a flight risk and was likely to interfere with witnesses
One of the self-evident manifestations of Zimbabwe’s failure under Zanu PF's 44-year rule is infrastructure collapse.
Infrastructure deterioration can
indeed be a stark indicator of regression in development.
While trains were introduced well more than 100 years ago, they have now stopped working in some sections of the railways due to extended periods of neglect and collapse, tracks dislocation, obstacles on the rail lines and dysfunctional signalling systems.
#SikhalaFullSpeechInGeneva #watch #humanrights
JOB SIKHALA'S ADDRESS TO THE UN 16TH GENEVA SUMMIT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY.
Geneva, Switzerland
15 May 2024
#watch #ZimHealthSectorStateAppalling #viewerdiscretionadvised
The mortuary at Makumbe Mission Hospital in Domboshava, the largest medical institution in Goromonzi district, Mashonaland East province, has a carrying capacity for only three bodies - that for a medical facility with a catchment area of about 600 000 people.
A morgue attendant at the hospital told members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health and Child Care that there is a serious crisis on how to accommodate bodies of the dead once they are more than three at a time.
Corpses are usually dumped on the hospital floor if three bodies from across the district - some from 100km away - arrive for storage before burial.
The mortuary cannot cater for more than half a million people living in the district.
Goromonzi is one of nine districts in the province.
The catchment area for the hospital, which is located 32 kilometres north-east of Harare, is about 600 000 people.
It covers an area totalling 2 459 square kilometres or 254 072 hectares.
The health sector is currently in intensive care unit facing dire challenges, including a shortage of medical supplies, lack of funding and brain drain as healthcare professionals emigrate en masse.
#watch President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to extend his rule to 2030 through a third term or by other means is still running despite his denial on the issue.
While Mnangagwa said he did not have any plans to do so, his political allies and supporters still continue to campaign for him to stay beyond his current constitutional tenure which ends in 2028.
The mantra is that Mnangagwa will still be there in 2030.
#watch Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Sheillah Chikomo speaks on 🇿🇼Zimbabwe-European Union 🇪🇺relations. In this video she was addressing journalists on the sidelines of #EuropeDay2024 celebrations held at Ambassador Jobst von Kirchman's residence in Harare on Thursday.
#watch 🎷🪘Dave On Sax Jtd entertains guests attending the #EuropeDay2024 celebrations held at the 🇪🇺 EU ambassador's residence in Harare this evening.
#Watch Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor says President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken Manicaland province dominance on running the central bank by bringing in someone from Masvingo.
Mushayavanhu says previous RBZ governors, including Kombo Moyana, Leonard Tsumba, Gideon Gono and John Mangudya, were all from Manicaland, but Mnangagwa disrupted the pattern.
He was telling his clansmen - family, relatives and friends - in Gutu, Masvingo, at an event to celebrate his appointment as the monetary chief.
#HappeningNow: Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, MISA Zimbabwe Harare Chapter in partnership with the United States Embassy Public Diplomacy Section, had a discussion on sustaining independent media in the digital era.
Speakers:
Bashar Jarrar international journalist with over 35 years experience
Admire Masuku, journalism lecturer and PhD candidate
Moderator: Moses Matenga, Editor-in-chief AB Communications.
#watch #ZITF Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his guest Kenyan President William Ruto arriving for the official opening of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo yesterday.
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has diplomatically responded to Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's attacks on him, saying he should go home to look after goats; meaning he is not fit for purpose as a political opposition leader.
Chiwenga attacks Chamisa on this ZiFM video below.
Subtly reacting to Chiwenga on X (Twitter), Chamisa said: "IT’S GAME ON…Do you know that the giant Goliath was defeated by David the goat herder and a mere shepherd?? #Godisinit."
Chamisa's response was rooted in the biblical David and Goliath story.
